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Why the world of chocolate is in crisisFor the world’s chocolate makers, the crisis is here. Plants have been forced to shutter from Malaysia to Germany and Chicago.22 Apr, 2024, 09.54 AM IST- Cocoa, coffee reach new highs on fear of aging treesRobusta coffee settled at a new high in London on worries that poorer output in top-producer Vietnam will fuel bean shortages.13 Apr, 2024, 09.55 AM IST
- Chocolate prices are rising everywhere as cocoa rots in West AfricaIt’s a climate crisis playing out across Ivory Coast and Ghana, the heavyweights of cocoa, with consequences for global food inflation and ...02 Dec, 2023, 09.53 AM IST
- Cote d'lvoire looking for direct sale of cocoa products to IndiaCote d'Ivoire, the largest cocoa producer in the world, is looking to explore the Indian market for direct marketing of cocoa and cocoa-bas...02 Oct, 2023, 11.21 AM IST
- Chocolate could get even pricier if Africa’s cocoa crop flopsAnalysts at Rabobank and Marex expect West African output to drop in the 2023-24 season. Marex forecasts the global deficit at 279,000 tons...02 Oct, 2023, 10.41 AM IST
- The environmental disaster lurking inside your chocolate barThe African nations, home to most of the world's cocoa, now wants more compensation for their impoverished farmers.03 Mar, 2023, 09.31 AM IST
- Valentine's Day is around the corner but the global chocolate supply has been hit by cocoa shortageThis year’s gains for cocoa are a stark reversal from the last two years.10 Feb, 2018, 11.13 AM IST
- The best chocolate comes from cocoa trees that are 'stressed'To gain higher yields, growers sometimes plant cocoa trees in solitary, monocultural, groves, where the trees are exposed to stressful cond...12 Dec, 2017, 10.22 AM IST
- Stressed cocoa trees produce more flavourful chocolate: StudyNew York, Dec 7 (IANS) Chocolates taste great, but they can become even tastier when the cocoa trees are grown in dry season and in high-st...07 Dec, 2017, 12.57 PM IST
- Plantation Crisis Hits Kerala Farmers; Planters seek govt nod to use 5% land for alternative usesThe Association of Planters of Kerala has requested the state government to remove anomalies in the land laws to facilitate flexibility in ...09 Sep, 2015, 10.23 AM IST
- Rising cocoa prices hurt profitability; smaller processing companies in a fixThough cocoa production in the country is forecast to go up by 6% in the coming season, consumption has been increasing at a much higher ra...23 Dec, 2014, 11.41 AM IST
- Cocoa prices rise on dry weatherCocoa demand may exceed production by 50,000 tonne in the 2012-13 season, the International Cocoa Organisation says.06 Dec, 2012, 04.00 AM IST
- Cocoa hits 32 month lowCocoa fell to a 32-month low on signs of rising supplies in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world's biggest producers.05 Dec, 2011, 05.25 AM IST
- Ivory Coast unrest slows cocoa trade, says ICCOIvory Coast unrest is slowing economic activity and cocoa trade “in particular,” International Cocoa Organisation executive director Jean-M...18 Dec, 2010, 02.14 AM IST
- Chocolates to become dear as cocoa prices soarChocolate companies are under pressure to raise the product costs with cocoa bean prices showing no signs of letup.10 Oct, 2009, 01.56 AM IST
- Chocolates to become dear as cocoa prices soarChocolate companies are under pressure to raise the product costs with cocoa bean prices showing no signs of letup. The prices of dry cocoa...08 Oct, 2009, 06.15 PM IST
- Ganges Jute signs MoU to build factory in GhanaWest Bengal-based Ganges Jute (P) Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) to set up a jute bag-stitch...25 Jul, 2008, 08.17 PM IST
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